Double-duty Danny Jansen plays for both teams in one MLB game. Here’s how

BOSTON (AP) — Purple Sox catcher Danny Jansen turned the primary participant in main league historical past to look in the identical sport for each groups when he took the sphere for Boston on Monday within the resumption of a rain-delayed sport he began for Toronto in June.

Jansen was within the Blue Jays’ lineup at catcher and batting within the second inning on June 26 when the sport was suspended. He was traded to the Purple Sox final month, and on Monday he took his place behind the plate as a pinch-hitter Daulton Varsho struck out to finish the at-bat that Jansen began.

An authenticator was available to tag all of Jansen’s tools, and the Baseball Corridor of Fame mentioned it requested the scorecard from official scorer Bob Ellis. Ellis was additionally working the sport when it began in June.

“This scorecard might be an amazing instrument to doc and illustrate this historical past, displaying Danny Jansen’s title on each groups,” Corridor spokesman John Shestakofsky mentioned.

When the ballpark opened to followers, the scoreboards have been displaying Jansen at bat for the Blue Jays — full with an image of him in his Toronto cap. Earlier than the primary pitch, the umpires held an prolonged dialog at house with the coaches who introduced out among the weirdest lineup playing cards in baseball historical past.

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Jimmy Golen, The Related Press